Paper
We worked with paper for a number of sessions, all the reasons why we found it important:
paper |ˈpāpər|
noun
1 material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material : a sheet of paper | [as adj. ] a paper bag.
• (usu. papers) a piece or sheet of paper with something written or drawn on it : he riffled through the papers on his desk.
• ( papers) significant or important documents belonging to a person : the personal papers of major political figures.
• [as adj. ] denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence or little merit or use : a paper profit.
• a government report or policy document : a recently leaked cabinet paper.
• ( papers) documents attesting identity; credentials : two men stopped us and asked us for our papers
verb [ trans. ]
• ( paper over) disguise (an awkward problem) instead of resolving it : the ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over.
PHRASES
be not worth the paper it is written on - be of no value or validity whatsoever despite having been written down.
make the papers - be written about in newspapers and thus become famous or notorious.
on paper - in writing. • in theory rather than in reality : the combatants were, on paper at least, evenly matched.
Pictures by Les Monaghan
